Sony's PlayStation VR hits 3 million systems sold. Is that a lot?

On the PlayStation blog, Sony said PlayStation VR has surpassed the 3 million sales mark, with a significant portion of purchases coming in the past year. The release date for this particular game is October 9th, 2018. "In addition to the robust catalog of almost 340 PS VR games and experiences worldwide, there's still plenty to look forward to, as we have a great lineup of games coming in 2018 and beyond, including Astro Bot Rescue Mission, Blood & Truth, Déraciné, Firewall Zero Hour, and more!" Most manufacturers don't release sales numbers for their VR headsets - competitors like HTC's Vive and Facebook's Oculus never have. The Microsoft device (the HoloLens), unlike the others, is classified as a "mixed reality" headset.

The more than 3 million PS VR units sold by Sony was a "great" achievement, "but still too small to trigger a lot of investment in VR games", Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter told the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) by email.

IDC recently projected that VR headset sales will soar from 8.1 million in 2018 to 39.2 million by the end of 2022, representing a five-year compound annual growth of 48.1%.

And to commemorate this instance, Sony has made a decision to announce the launch two upcoming games to PSVR.

Plus, if you missed out on some of the top 10 most-played PSVR games (including The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR on top of the list) you can hit up the Totally Digital Sale, going on right now via the PlayStation Store. Based on the venerated Rocky film spin-off, the game puts players in the gloves of Adonis Creed as he fights his way from amateur to boxing champion.

That is set to launch on September 25, with sci-fi shooting game Evasion due out on October 9.

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